Yu Eunha, Is She a God?

The day after the interview, the world was buzzing with talk of Yu Eunha. As soon as word got out about opening the training ground for free, she went from God Eunha and Gat Eunha to GatGatGat. By evening, she'd been photoshopped into the top seat of the DoYouKnow meme. The whole country was watching her with feverish intensity.

On that day when Korea was in an uproar, I was lounging at Monica's house, sucking on a Choco Bar and watching TV.

"Hmm, looks like everyone was really short on training grounds and ether after all, you know."

Monica nodded at my comment while watching the news.

"Like I said before, Korea's dungeons have weirdly low ether regeneration, so productivity sucks."

Saying that, Monica picked up her phone and showed it to me.

"Those two reporters who sniped you are in deep shit, huh?"

I nodded at Monica's words.

"Even without me, they were the type to hit rock bottom anytime, you know."

"Yeah. Apparently Korea has this weird culture of taming mages."

Monica smirked as she looked at the cleaned-up news articles.

"Well, after the last interview, all those articles got taken down anyway."

As Monica said, the articles bashing me had vanished overnight. Some seemed outright deleted by the publishers—no trace in searches anywhere.

I shrugged, recalling the reporters' venomous faces.

"Well, mages were such thugs, I get their grudge, you know. They must've gotten wrecked by Korean mages big time."

"True, Korean mages were infamous for being rough."

"Yeah. The '80s mages were the craziest, you know."

She seemed to remember my dad was a Mage Hunter and sat beside me with an awkward smile.

"But you're really opening the training ground for free? Forever? Can you handle it? What if the foundation cuts funding?"

I pulled the Choco Bar from my mouth at Monica's question.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, you know."

Monica grinned and plopped down next to me.

"Haa~ Our little kid's always so cute~ Is the Choco Bar yummy?"

Monica waggled her eyebrows at me sucking on the Choco Bar.

"So cute~"

"……."

I ignored her and kept munching away, making Monica burst into laughter.

"Kiddo, you know you got a nickname?"

"? Already got a title name, you know! Hmm, GatGatGat isn't bad."

Seeing my interest, Monica giggled and showed me the community.

"……."

The Yu Eunha board was plastered with horrifying nicknames like SugarTyrant and SugarPrincess.

"No way... that's me, you know?"

I pointed at myself, and Monica nodded.

My hands started shaking, vision narrowing.

"Ah, aaah... SugarTyrant? What kinda magical girl crap is that! I gotta purge them all, you know!"

As I trembled, Monica quietly pointed at the Choco Bar.

At that gesture, I froze solid for a while.

"They're just calling it like they see it, right?"

That was why I quit sweets cold turkey for a bit.

*

"So that's why the lady's pitching a fit like that?"

At the Bundang Training Ground, prepping for restoration magic, Alexandr teared up at the wrecked arena.

"Haaaaah…."

Yu Eunha spars were already brutal and exhausting, but now her temper was explosive too—unbearable.

He wanted to shove some sugar in her mouth right then.

Alexandr rubbed his bruised right eye from her hits with a water bottle, grimacing.

"Can we even hit the Abyss like this? She's gone full beast mode? We're pushing to floor 10 this time…."

"Yeah, guess the kid was more dependent on sweets than we thought."

"Tch, doesn't match the vibe. Girl thing?"

Alexandr kept sighing heavily.

"Aah~ In this state, Byeolbada city inspection's a no-go."

As Alexandr slumped with a sigh, Monica held back Yu Eunha.

"Kiddo, that's enough~ I'll buy you cake~"

"No way! My title's SugarPrincess! SugarTyrant! Kill 'em all! Uwaaaah!"

Monica and Alexandr sighed, sitting at the table as Yu Eunha flung spells.

"How long's this gonna last?"

"Till she gets something sweet, probably?"

Alexandr let out a massive sigh at Monica's words.

"Haaaaah~ In this state, forget Abyss raid, even foundation city inspection's impossible."

"Hmm, Abyss raid might be doable in... another way?"

Alexandr glared like you serious?

"Joking~. But we can't let her keep raging."

As Monica pondered, Yu Eunha calmed after blasting spells and approached the table.

Of course, they knew from experience it'd last minutes.

"Let's hit the Abyss, Alexandr. Byeolbada inspection too, right."

Monica and Alexandr both shook their heads.

"Look at yourself, dummy. Gonna slaughter our kin?"

"And kiddo, ether addiction's kicking in."

"……."

Sure enough, Yu Eunha's fingertips were turning purple.

She stared at her hand, then buried her face.

"Me... was I always this weak-willed...? What a mess this is, you know. Sweets.... what the... "

Monica patted her head and offered a lemon candy.

"This one's low sugar, should be fine. Don't hold back too hard or you'll snap, kid? They say you can't quit smokes cold turkey."

"No, big sis, is that the right analogy?"

Yu Eunha pouted and popped a lemon candy.

Her violently churning ether slowly settled.

Alexandr couldn't help but chuckle in disbelief at the sight.

She was really rampaging 'cause she couldn't have sweets?

"...For real, lady? If that's it, just stock emergency candy."

At that, Yu Eunha's ether flared again.

"You want me to keep hearing SugarPrincess, SugarTyrant crap?"

"……."

Alexandr muttered inwardly.

What then? Quit for real or own the Sugar whatever. Suits her cute face anyway.

His respect for Yu Eunha was plummeting in real time.

"So, you're really quitting sweets to climb the Abyss? One slip in that state and you're dead. You know that best."

Yu Eunha bowed her head silently at Alexandr's words.

"But... before foundation league, wanna kick the sweet addiction... and clear Abyss to floor 10, you know…."

"I get wanting to raid floor 10 for the special rewards~ But kid, you're really at risk like this."

Monica clapped mid-Abyss talk and switched topics.

"Ah! The problem's that SugarPrincess, SugarTyrant image, right? So, use this chance."

"This chance?"

As Alexandr and Yu Eunha looked over, Monica said seriously.

"Do a ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠ton of streams or interviews to flip the image?"

"……?"

Alexandr stared like what nonsense, but Yu Eunha nodded earnestly.

"Yeah, I'll go show my ferocity and snag a cooler title, you know."

With that resolve, Yu Eunha toddled out to the trashed arena.

Alexandr whispered to Monica in panic.

"What'd you do? That won't work…! Net says SugarTyrant's already set in stone…!"

Monica nodded.

"Well, once she solidifies it herself, she'll just accept it. That's our kid."

Alexandr gaped.

"Hey, we'll deal with the fallout…!"

"Oh? Uh... good luck?"

Alexandr suddenly wanted to punch Monica's face.